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it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. caller: i have a question regarding -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's people were messing with the vietnam war promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought that up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this i
it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on...
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everybody cares about the environment but they care about their personal environment remember reagan said people are part of the ecosystem, too and this balanced record he presented, i think, provides great hope for the future, and that's why people need to learn the less-lesson. if you love reagan, you'll love "sage brush rebel." >> thank you very much. [applause] >> what are you reading? >> i have a couple of good books. i keep going back and fort to different ones. 1861, about the first year of the civil war. and 1863 now and what's happening in gettysburg, we just covered that battle. but getting a sense of what was happening during 1861, the first shots fired at fort sumpter, and all the behind the scenes going on there at the time. what was happening around the country as it pertained to slavery and other issues, obviously, and during that time as well, leading up to the emancipation proclamation. and the lincoln administration. fast floating, about 100 years of fire and rain, great book about 1969 and 1970, about the breakup of the beatles. about the emergence of james taylor,
everybody cares about the environment but they care about their personal environment remember reagan said people are part of the ecosystem, too and this balanced record he presented, i think, provides great hope for the future, and that's why people need to learn the less-lesson. if you love reagan, you'll love "sage brush rebel." >> thank you very much. [applause] >> what are you reading? >> i have a couple of good books. i keep going back and fort to different...
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said they haven't they haven't given the names it clearly there was that at the minimum there was an environment that was hospitable to that kind of behavior of someone writing in defense of the seventy thousand applications every year for some sort of tax exempt status how do you best to get all of that will you pick and choose how do you approve the obama foundation in five minutes and and to take these others for a year and have them have to hire lawyers and spend seventy eighty thousand dollars trying to prove to the i.r.s. that what they're doing is what is the tea party seeking exemptions do you know i don't have any idea who i don't know which ones all i know is what they've said they've said that they targeted conservative groups which they shouldn't have and it's wrong and they're right it is wrong it's just wrong it's fundamentally opposed to war system of course so harry truman had that little sign the buck stops here that's right does the buck stop with obama is obama responsible for the us i think i've certainly is i mean the only thing he's taken responsibility for so far is the ki
said they haven't they haven't given the names it clearly there was that at the minimum there was an environment that was hospitable to that kind of behavior of someone writing in defense of the seventy thousand applications every year for some sort of tax exempt status how do you best to get all of that will you pick and choose how do you approve the obama foundation in five minutes and and to take these others for a year and have them have to hire lawyers and spend seventy eighty thousand...
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they haven't they haven't given the names they did it clearly there was it at the minimum there was an environment that was hospitable to that kind of behavior of someone writing in defense of the seventy thousand applications every year for some sort of tax exempt status how do you invest to get all of that will you pick and choose how do you approve the obama foundation in five minutes and and to take these others for a year and have them have to hire lawyers and spend seventy eighty thousand dollars trying to prove to the i.r.s. that what they're doing as well as the tea party seating exemptions do you know i don't have any idea who i don't know which ones all i know is what they've said they've said that they targeted conservative groups which they shouldn't have and it's wrong and they're right it is wrong it's just wrong it's fundamentally opposed to war system of harry truman had little sign the buck stops here that's right does the buck stop with obama is obama responsible for the us i think i'd certainly is i mean the only thing he's taken responsibility for so far is the killing of osama
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it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. have a question -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's thele were messing with promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this is from another viewer about a secret plan. guest: the ide
it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during...
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this is polluting my environment and town. fracking is the controversial technique where oil companies drill underground near water sources to extract the gas. she started a petition on our side. we looked at her leadership, the quality of the petition, the attention it was getting. we elevated. it eventually got over 35,000 signers in the state of california. we are trusting our members and using systems to make sure we're elevating thoughtful stuff. we are trusting our members. they are delivering and doing the most powerful campaigning i can imagine. we're excited to see what they and you can come up with as we head into 2014. host: in the last minute, who is the progress of candidate in 2016? guest: it is still very early. moveon members have played a huge role in elections. we have given hundreds of millions of dollars to progressive candidates. any candidate that wants moveon support should stand on their progressive values. there are so many things our members care about. we're looking forward to all of those in the rac
this is polluting my environment and town. fracking is the controversial technique where oil companies drill underground near water sources to extract the gas. she started a petition on our side. we looked at her leadership, the quality of the petition, the attention it was getting. we elevated. it eventually got over 35,000 signers in the state of california. we are trusting our members and using systems to make sure we're elevating thoughtful stuff. we are trusting our members. they are...
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economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a couple of things developing today is the suggestion that perhaps there is devil back of the tax exemption of municipal bonds. >> that has been on the table for a while. i don't know if it has a variance or not that we will see how it turns out. lou: and basl iii is not strong enough some would like to raise the debt that 6% to be done with it. >> this is just one more move to make big banks smaller the missing ingredient is the regulators like the big beat down for all financial institutions. they have to get smaller that is fine but you have to break the medium ground. so for certain they will
economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a...
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. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be interrupted. >> there is a dollar tax for every bag of charcoal, and they get $440 -- >>. >> we found evidence that charcoal is still shipped out. the local government here has called for a temporary lifting of the band, to illegally export their current charcoal. they say is too late to save the trees that have already been cut down. al jazeera, somalia. >> hello, a warm welcome to "the journal" on dw. these are the headlines this hour. the united states increases pressure on russia as edward snowden says he wants temporary asylum there. officials blame the devastating train c
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we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan -- basic functions of these have to provide, is there a way to provide this in a completely new way. you have to do something with the trash. we have decided that we will that endthe trash out up in the dump. we depend on individuals to make that choice. technology is there. it has not been applied to this skill. want to see if we can prove it. benefit to thee process? this is what started as thinking in this direction. we have been kicking it for a long time. we had a lots of ideas. we said we achieve all these other ones. let's put one out where we do not know whether we can do it.
we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan --...
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trade irritants their word translated because they are very helpful in making a list it's the best environment labor worker safety standards on either side of the atlantic so pick your favorite thing about either the u.s. or the e.u. the u.s. now has better financial regulations europe has better food safety standards those are the targets for elimination because you know deregulation that's an efficiency so it's lowest common denominator absolute lowest common denominator the whole agenda heartbreakingly is about removing any obstacle we would call them our most important consumer human viral mental standards that in the headbutt just the free rampage of us companies and they even admit up front they're no border taxes tariffs left to cut so this is all about actually getting rid of these regulatory inhibitions now the problem here of course is we can all see the big downsides because we are the we are the people going to expose the toxics for instance or even rules that could undermine our consumer privacy so have our data floating around even more all of these things that companies want but
trade irritants their word translated because they are very helpful in making a list it's the best environment labor worker safety standards on either side of the atlantic so pick your favorite thing about either the u.s. or the e.u. the u.s. now has better financial regulations europe has better food safety standards those are the targets for elimination because you know deregulation that's an efficiency so it's lowest common denominator absolute lowest common denominator the whole agenda...
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you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one that just collapsed or caught fire a couple of months ago. and the chinese people are probably the only people making out on this are the government and the people headquartered in the united states. guest: thank you for your call. the calller had done a number of issues that have been controversial. one reason u.s. companies have gone to china and set up there is the chinese economy is growing much faster. estimated to grow at at least triple the rate for the next several years. if u.s. companies want to be competitive aga
you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers....
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the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this? >> he supports the idea of having it. >> when the u.s. is operating overseas, the ambassador in iraq and with the u.s. operates elsewhere, it is ambassador who heads the effort in the country. the commanding general heads the defense operations. i understand what was said. where would it fit in this command? >> the mission is discrete and will to find. clarity will provide certainty to both agencies and the contractors. it would be somewhat like fema. its mission is to oversee the relief or reconstruction activity in the affected country. the president would declare
the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this?...
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theou care about environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. bringrst thing that can us together is that while we have differences and while are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want profit to make sure they make more money than the workers, we have to change the balance of power. there's a set of leaders and organizers that realize it is not about ec, it is about being on the ground and shifting the balance of power that is number one. number two, these folks are amazing and easy to work with. fundamentally, if you believe the balance of power, if you get the history we are a part of in working to actually fill the promise of having a democracy in this country and that our change depends on it, it all flows from there. >> one thing that is exciting is that this is going on at the state level. i w
theou care about environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. bringrst thing that can us together is that while we have differences and while are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want profit to make sure...
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it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must have produces of the stuff and the british government says the u.k. shouldn't be getting left behind to talk more about this i'm joined by dr robert he's the founder for the alliance for natural health which campaigns against g.m. foods. there are a billion hungry mouths in the world and we're being told that this technology is safe shouldn't we embrace it in that case well if you look at all the real developments in raising eels it hasn't actually occurred through g.m. it's occurred through conventional breeding practices and we know that the european authorities have probably one of the most compr
it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must...
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rights there and the pill lars of exceptionalism i listed and put the best possible people in that environment, doesn't mean they're the smartest or the richest or the best educated, but they're the d doers that take that combination of brains, ambition, education, instinct and know how and that's what built this great shining city on the hill this america that we are. we cannot let this be torn dun. we cannot let them chisel away with their work process -- word processor jackhammers or other jackhammers and undermine us. one of the people that understands that very well, the gentleman from louisiana, dr. fleming. i would be happy to yield to the gentleman from louisiana. mr. fleming: i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his words. i'd like to build a little bit upon what you were saying and that is that everyone in this room speaking this evening, opposes amnesty. we've already said that each and every one of us opposed amnesty. but we all celebrate immigration. we come from immigrants. we're a neag of immigrants. my forefathers going all the way back to the 1700's were immigrants from
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international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us he's fed up. before morsi was ousted . we're begging for the i.m.f. loan of about four point seven billion dollars a year now we don't want it we're all as business men collectively decided to support the egyptian economy and one day we collected over fifteen billion dollars in donations were a large economy we can rely on ourselves but the facts tell a different story for each day these demonstrations continue the egyptian economy is forced to cough up another one billion dollars the ripple effect is more insecurity in an already unstable region if there's anyone benefiting from these revolutions it's people right
international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us...
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tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment secretary saying g.m. farming is actual of the alternatives but despite government ministers apparent enthusiasm for by attack parliament's cafeterias have banned g.m. products from their menus now g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn and rice but can find their way into many items ranging from need to milk and chocolate around ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s. giant mint santo which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving some farmers to ruin and even suicide meanwhile the alarms being raised over the health implications of genetically doctored food ranging from simple allergies to deadly immune system problems are just bully boy who investigates. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government assure it is
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goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the air. caller: all these companies took the jobs to china to avoid taxes and labor laws. clean up the environment. when it took them over there, they were getting one dollar a day. versus, what they were making here in the united states. when united states companies went overseas -- as their headquarters sit the united states -- the only people who seem to benefit from this are the government. these companies are getting off scott free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one tha
goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the...
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as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states but this doesn't become too much of a thorny issue between the two. i mean while there was a blow as meeting with human rights activists has caused yet another outburst of criticism from washington which directly demands that snowden be handed over these guys nature can reports. the white house has basically accused russia of providing quote a propaganda platform for edward snowden this is washington's reaction to edward snowden's meeting with russian human rights activists at the moscow airport take a listen i would simply say that providing a propaganda platform for mr snowden runs counter to th
as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states...
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so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment climate is very much underrated, and we are doing much better than some of late. at the same time, also when it comes to russian economy we have enjoyed previous -- [inaudible] fiscal environment. we have accumulated significant reserves. we have two funds, one sovereign fund which is about 40 -- $84 billion and another reserve fund that is another $80-miss -- $80-plus billion. and the national reserves are 500 plus billion dollars as well. we are almost debt-free country because our external debt is no more than 2.5% and including internal debt is around 10, 11%. if you compare it with t
so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment...
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but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week despite calls from the united nations for a cease-fire during ramadan. the u.n. and other international aid groups say civilians in syria are facing extremely severe shortages of food, water and medicine. >>> at the vatican this week, pope francis updated vatican city laws related to child sexual abuse and to the leaking of vatican information. the laws apply to all vatican employees. pope francis increased the prison sentences for sexual abuse and added one for possession of child pornography. and for the first time, he made leaking confidential vatican information a crime.
but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week...
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>> well, i think first of all, a stable international environment. for them to reach economic goals. you can't think about that ithout thinking about u.s.-china relations. and i think that's probably the main thing. particularly this new leading team. over and emphasizing over that we should build a new of relationship between powers. >> major powers. >> yeah. e should show the world that the emergence of a new major power doesn't necessarily mean chaos and war and so on. i think they're very interested in this, in trying to build it. politicians erican that go over there usually get a eally great welcome, even the ones that aren't so friendly. >> so, as i mentioned, i spent ast week in beijing with a number of senior security officials, including wearing the pla. uniforms of the it was really interesting. one of the themes that came of ugh was the theme strategicic mistrust. and the argument that was given as for example in iraq and afghanistan, a large number of american troops have been killed friendly ly by uk fire. nobody except real anglo folks
>> well, i think first of all, a stable international environment. for them to reach economic goals. you can't think about that ithout thinking about u.s.-china relations. and i think that's probably the main thing. particularly this new leading team. over and emphasizing over that we should build a new of relationship between powers. >> major powers. >> yeah. e should show the world that the emergence of a new major power doesn't necessarily mean chaos and war and so on. i...
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zero lower bound and, i hope, you know, at a reasonable period of time we'll be in a more monetary environment. >> on that international theme, you talked about the tripartheid roles of macroprudential regulation, lender of last resort and we look around the globe, the regulatory policies are in some cases done by an organization which is not the central bank. do you see there as being a strong case for bringing that role inside the central bank, or can you see circumstances in which it works to have the macro prudential part in a distinct organization? >> well, different, different countries have different kinds of financial structures as jean claude was saying, europe and the u.s. are different in many ways, etc. but as you look around the world, the trend now, of course, is for financial regulatory activities, financial oversight activities to move back into central banks. i mean, that's happening in europe, that's happening in the u.k., it's happening in the united states. and i think there's good reason for that. one very simple reason is that central banks tend to have the kind of expert
zero lower bound and, i hope, you know, at a reasonable period of time we'll be in a more monetary environment. >> on that international theme, you talked about the tripartheid roles of macroprudential regulation, lender of last resort and we look around the globe, the regulatory policies are in some cases done by an organization which is not the central bank. do you see there as being a strong case for bringing that role inside the central bank, or can you see circumstances in which it...
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. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not many of us. the attackers were in the hundreds, about 700 gunmen. >> narrator: mohammed mahmoud is part of an alawite militia that protects the village. >> (translated): as the attack intensified and the number of the terrorists increased, we retreated. so they came in here and burned everything. you can see the fire damage. >> narrator: he's convinced that his sunni neighbors have been infiltrated by terrorists with extreme religious beliefs. >> (translated): they are planning to wipe us out. they don't even think of us as humans. in their books they call our sect the "akbiya." the "akbiya" are insects that should l
. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not...
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balance sheet transactions to try to make money because it's hard to make money in a zero interest rate environment but as a result they're creating systemic risk and perhaps setting us up for another financial collapse so that's one concern on the other hand if you do taper where you're going to find is that it's very deflationary it's counter to a lot of what the fed's trying to accomplish the fed actually wants more inflation because they're worried about deflation and they want to cheaper dollars because they want to import some inflation in the form of higher import prices so the problem is but if you keep easing and keep asset purchases and actually try to get more inflation get the cheaper dollar you may be creating bubbles and you may be creating systemic risk so that tapering crowd is worried about. the risk of bubbles popping and off balance sheet games by banks the non tapering crowd is worried about deflation of the stronger dollar the answer is there is no good choice you're going to take significant risk either way this is what happens when you manipulate the way in the market guard t
balance sheet transactions to try to make money because it's hard to make money in a zero interest rate environment but as a result they're creating systemic risk and perhaps setting us up for another financial collapse so that's one concern on the other hand if you do taper where you're going to find is that it's very deflationary it's counter to a lot of what the fed's trying to accomplish the fed actually wants more inflation because they're worried about deflation and they want to cheaper...
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i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> so that is san francisco airport brought to you by kgo out there. we are continuing to monitor the developments. this is now an investigation and of course about the healing of the passengers who did survive and most of them did. two dead in that crash. the rest, some of them in the hospital. some of them walked away. amazing. >>> we are getting new information about the flight data recorder from the san francisco crash. renee marsh is here with the latest. >> earlier this morning we stole e told you that those flight recorders were on the way here to washington, d.c. now we have confirmed that they are now at the national transportation safety board's lab here in washington, d.c. we're told they're in good shape. they will begin the process of annual sizing the information on these flight recorders. we should get a preliminary readout on the information on these recorders that could happen this afternoon. lots of critical information that could piece together and pain president picture of what happened in those final moment
i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> so that is san francisco airport brought to you by kgo out there. we are continuing to monitor the developments. this is now an investigation and of course about the healing of the passengers who did survive and most of them did. two dead in that crash. the rest, some of them in the hospital. some of them walked away. amazing. >>> we are getting new information about the flight data recorder from the san francisco...
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because it was pursued in a very insecure environment. three, consult. this was what the iraqis said to me over and over again that the united states did not do. the prime minister said 52 billion should have brought us more, if you had consulted with us about what we really needed at the outset, then we would have benefited from your -- from your investment, your substantial investment. consultation also was an issue that the u.s. interviewees raised. bill burns, secretary of state, said we tried to do it all and tried to do it our own way. and in recognition that from the outside that the c.p.a., the coalition provisional authority, the u.s.-led governance of iraq for the first 14 months, did not engage sufficiently with the iraqis about what they really needed. fourth, uniformity. there was a lack of uniform systems in iraq. agencies operated in their stovepipes, carrying out their missions, using their own contracting approaches, using their own oversight methods, using their own i.t. systems. and as a result, you had stovepiped data. and when you ha
because it was pursued in a very insecure environment. three, consult. this was what the iraqis said to me over and over again that the united states did not do. the prime minister said 52 billion should have brought us more, if you had consulted with us about what we really needed at the outset, then we would have benefited from your -- from your investment, your substantial investment. consultation also was an issue that the u.s. interviewees raised. bill burns, secretary of state, said we...
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. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars will be used. the tab, reported to be at $2.2 million job, belongs to abound. and if what's left of the company's resources don't cover it, property owners will be stuck with costs, as reusable inventory goes to other solar manufacturers. >> i think what you'll see is many of the materials that were left behind will end up in a recycling stream. >> reporter: the solar energy industry's association says despite the dangerous mess, solar is still the cleanest and most abundant form of energy today. >> it's unfortunate that they are bankrupt and out of business. but the technology that they relied upon, american innova
. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars...
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we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural thing my colleagues are working against in local police agencies. progress.de great if you train is up, you can make a difference. >> i know we did a lot of training on the front and with end withits -- front new recruits to make sure they understood the culture. times there is a connection between police work in social work when they work in schools. 20 years ago, that was not the case. now is a different approach. that took a change in how we train them on the front and -- end so when they hit the streets they're ready. >> that is something i have become good at over two police department. it is a
we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural...
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of aidd of development program can happen in a highly unstable security environment. lesson from core iraq and afghanistan that you must have sufficient security before you have reconstruction activity development and aid. billions of dollars and too many lives. we issued a report last summer that 719 lives were lost while those individuals were engaged in reconstruction related activity. better planning, better capacity, better integration amongst the agencies would avert the kind of abuse we've seen in iraq and better execution. would implement effective oversight so the lost and blood in we've seen in iraq and afghanistan would be averted in afghanistan and whatever reconstruction we engage in. >> think user. -- thank you sir. accepted the legitimacy of our presence in germany and japan, but in iraq that was always a question. we believe when the saddam statue fell daily have the legitimacy at that that point and was it a matter of we do not enforce laws? we briskly -- was that the problem? with ourthe complexity relationship with the arab world even as saddam's st
of aidd of development program can happen in a highly unstable security environment. lesson from core iraq and afghanistan that you must have sufficient security before you have reconstruction activity development and aid. billions of dollars and too many lives. we issued a report last summer that 719 lives were lost while those individuals were engaged in reconstruction related activity. better planning, better capacity, better integration amongst the agencies would avert the kind of abuse...
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burberry maintained fw eed guidr the year but warned of an uneven trade environment as they shift from wholesale markets into branded store sales in latin america and asia. burberry group stock up 4.6% in london. now, on the eve of key signing talks in washington, regulators showing a willingness to play ball with the s.e.c. they say it will hand over all documents related to a u.s. listed chinese company, something the s.e.c. has been pushing for saying it hit roadblocks. csrc protective of state run business secrets didn't say which company's records were being leased and beijing is resisting request to open up se hearing at 2:30 on the planned takeover of smith field foods. the $4.7 billion deal would be the largest ever chinese acquisition of a u.s. company. lawmakers are expected to ask smith field ceo larry pope about food safety issues and foreign ownership. the deal's approval lies with the committee on foreign investment in the u.s. which is chaired by the treasury department. smith field stock, in fact, still up .8% and no surprise up 30% over the last three months. so chines
burberry maintained fw eed guidr the year but warned of an uneven trade environment as they shift from wholesale markets into branded store sales in latin america and asia. burberry group stock up 4.6% in london. now, on the eve of key signing talks in washington, regulators showing a willingness to play ball with the s.e.c. they say it will hand over all documents related to a u.s. listed chinese company, something the s.e.c. has been pushing for saying it hit roadblocks. csrc protective of...
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it is incredibly destructive both for the environment, the atmosphere, the communities living near the mountain top removal where they blow up entire mountains in west virginia and through appalachia. but we're seeing this trade-off of one form of pollution for another. one form of dirty energy for another. a lot of that has to do with the influence of the natural gas industry has on this administration. what we're asking the president to do is to please sit down and meet with the families in the film "gasland 2" that are emblematic of several families in the united states that are suffering at the hands of drilling in united states history domestically and to meet with the scientists and engineers featured in the film who explain the dark side of fracking. water contamination that is an inevitability that's happening all across the shale gas areas because the wells crack and leak and the industry knows they crack and leak and because of the issue brought up of methane being this super greenhouse gas that is being emitted all over the production. in the production fields, in the gas fi
it is incredibly destructive both for the environment, the atmosphere, the communities living near the mountain top removal where they blow up entire mountains in west virginia and through appalachia. but we're seeing this trade-off of one form of pollution for another. one form of dirty energy for another. a lot of that has to do with the influence of the natural gas industry has on this administration. what we're asking the president to do is to please sit down and meet with the families in...
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of this, this may -- irony of this, this may lead to more emissions of carbon and methane into the environment than if we hadn't done these regulations. gregg: and higher costs for consumersesome. >> no doubt about that. the biggest concern is not so much prices, but they will be affected, it's jobs. a lot of people in the coal mining industry, a lot of people in the manufacturing sector, and these are union jobs, by the way, gregg. very worried about what's going to happen to their job if we increase the prices and put, you know, one of the effects of this will be, essentially, to put coal mining out of business. gregg: all right. stephen moore, as always, thank you very much. >> thank you, gregg. gregg: in the meantime, new numbers showing president obama's approval rating has taken a serious dive since his re-election. coming up, we're going to speak with brit hume about what's really behind this decline. >>> plus, the defense in the george zimmerman trial getting its first full day right now on the witness stand a former coworker of zimmerman. the trial is streaming in full on foxnews.com.
of this, this may -- irony of this, this may lead to more emissions of carbon and methane into the environment than if we hadn't done these regulations. gregg: and higher costs for consumersesome. >> no doubt about that. the biggest concern is not so much prices, but they will be affected, it's jobs. a lot of people in the coal mining industry, a lot of people in the manufacturing sector, and these are union jobs, by the way, gregg. very worried about what's going to happen to their job...
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don't wish to see a dupoly environment held by the state. there's no way to make a gun safe. host: what about the regulations? you talked about a serial number on every gun. you write about it in the story. tell our viewers. question aboute what happens if a gun comes out bad. , if it is beyond repair within the factory. the answer is that this is a heavily regulated area. the receiver which is the part of the gun that makes it a gun, it does the firing, it told the round and contains the trigger housing. every single one of those made has to have a serial number. even if it comes out broken. if it comes out broken, that have to take a picture of cutting it in half and then send that to the federal government if the federal government asks for it. they have to document it. it is not as if there are people popping in at night and stealing chocolate. this is already regulated industry. norfolk, va., independent college. about: you were talking having guns designed to kill people and animals. do they talk about the number of people who have been killed by remington arms? is ther
don't wish to see a dupoly environment held by the state. there's no way to make a gun safe. host: what about the regulations? you talked about a serial number on every gun. you write about it in the story. tell our viewers. question aboute what happens if a gun comes out bad. , if it is beyond repair within the factory. the answer is that this is a heavily regulated area. the receiver which is the part of the gun that makes it a gun, it does the firing, it told the round and contains the...
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i certainly share your concern about the internal mcleary environment in russia. as i said at the outset i agree with you as well that wherever we can as we try to do we have to try to work with russian our common interests and we have had success in that regard particularly on foreign-policy issues that we share. with regard to our support for democratic change and reform for those speaking out for a pluralistic society we have to despise the environment continue to work with the russians who are willing to work with us. we are not able to support them as fully and we still need to make support available in other ways and i will if confirmed he eager to work with all of you on the committee to look for more ways to do that. in addition we have to speak out as you said and as i said in my opening when we disagree and we have to work more intensively and more cohesively with our european allies and partners because when we speak together our concerns are even stronger. see let me ask you one question about the trade agreement. how worried are you about the ability
i certainly share your concern about the internal mcleary environment in russia. as i said at the outset i agree with you as well that wherever we can as we try to do we have to try to work with russian our common interests and we have had success in that regard particularly on foreign-policy issues that we share. with regard to our support for democratic change and reform for those speaking out for a pluralistic society we have to despise the environment continue to work with the russians who...
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. >> these men and women are confronted with a more dangerous environment than ever before. we are forced to continually change our strategies and tactics to accomplish our mission. our methods may change but our goals remain the same as they were in the past. to save lives and protect property. sometimes at a terrible cost. this is what we do. this is our chosen profession. this is the tradition of the firefighter. the fire service of today is ever-changing, but it is also steeped in traditions that are over 200 years old. one such tradition is the sounding of the bell. as firefighters began their tour of duty, it was the bell that signaled the beginning of that shift. throughout the day and night, each alarm was sounded by a bell. it summoned these brave souls to fight fires and place their lives in jeopardy for the good of their fellow citizens. and when the fire was out and the alarm had come to an end, it was the bell that signal the completion of that call. when a firefighter died in the line of duty paying the supreme sacrifice, it was the mournful toll of the bell th
. >> these men and women are confronted with a more dangerous environment than ever before. we are forced to continually change our strategies and tactics to accomplish our mission. our methods may change but our goals remain the same as they were in the past. to save lives and protect property. sometimes at a terrible cost. this is what we do. this is our chosen profession. this is the tradition of the firefighter. the fire service of today is ever-changing, but it is also steeped in...
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. >> you can't go into environments like this and earn the trust of two boys like this who have needs like this and then just walk away. >> she cared enough to stay and help us out. >> reporter: with that leroy want to college. dartanyon won a spot on the u.s. paralympic judo team. his first call -- >> hey, lisa, i am going to london. i love you too. >> reporter: so lisa and leroy were there in london, cheering and watching as leroy won critical matches and earned a bronze medal. >> i did it, lisa. >> you did it. you did everything. i am so proud of you. >> reporter: next month this remarkable family will be there when leroy graduates from college. >> she is like -- like another mother. me and dartanyon, we're brothers. we're brothers. and she just created the family like she was the missing piece to the family. >> there are angels among us. that's for sure. >> you almost never see a story where someone steps in to help two people are lost in their ways. that is incredible. the fact that she would do that. and the bond that they have created. >> oh, yeah, it is a family in more ways t
. >> you can't go into environments like this and earn the trust of two boys like this who have needs like this and then just walk away. >> she cared enough to stay and help us out. >> reporter: with that leroy want to college. dartanyon won a spot on the u.s. paralympic judo team. his first call -- >> hey, lisa, i am going to london. i love you too. >> reporter: so lisa and leroy were there in london, cheering and watching as leroy won critical matches and earned...
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we have spent upwards of $20 billion drilling a tunnel at yucca mountain, studying the geology, the environment, my understanding is that the tunnel is completed. in 2010, unilaterally, the obama administration decided to shut the project down and it's debatable whether it was done legally or not. the bill coming out of the appropriations subcommittee, all it does is allocate money that has already been collected to go ahead and finish the site review at yucca mountain to determine whether it is, in fact, a safe place to store high-level nuclear waste. ep in mind, we have over 100 operating nuclear operators around the country today and the waste they generated is stored on site. stored on site. there's good security. most of it is stored in what are called wet pools. almost everybody agrees that it's not a long-term solution. and i think the congress on a bipartisan basis can agree that we ought to go ahead and finish the review of the yucca mountain site, $25 million does it. it has allocated funding in the bill to help the local government entities out there. let's finally put this thing to
we have spent upwards of $20 billion drilling a tunnel at yucca mountain, studying the geology, the environment, my understanding is that the tunnel is completed. in 2010, unilaterally, the obama administration decided to shut the project down and it's debatable whether it was done legally or not. the bill coming out of the appropriations subcommittee, all it does is allocate money that has already been collected to go ahead and finish the site review at yucca mountain to determine whether it...
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>> this is almost -- i liken it to seeing a wild animal in its own environment. it's really where it belongs. >> the arm is out? >> the arm is out, the antennas are deployed, everything is out there ready to go. >> we have a fantastic view our viewers can see. 122 feet long. we are underneath the bottom of this. how many tiles are on this? >> about 24,000 tiles. the interesting thing, each one has like its own individual address. >> all the scorch marks and scratch marks are still on there. this is its true form. >> exactly as it came back from space. that's the best part of it. you get to really see something that's almost alive. >> yeah. it's very interactive, too. not just for the kids. adults love it as well. talk about how this exhibit is really meant to inspire. >> that is the key to it. we're doing more than just a museum tour here. we're actually giving people and particularly our young people -- >> we can even come and spin the wheel. >> they can look at the massive tires we use, do the interactive events so you can land the orbiter and deploy the arm. w
>> this is almost -- i liken it to seeing a wild animal in its own environment. it's really where it belongs. >> the arm is out? >> the arm is out, the antennas are deployed, everything is out there ready to go. >> we have a fantastic view our viewers can see. 122 feet long. we are underneath the bottom of this. how many tiles are on this? >> about 24,000 tiles. the interesting thing, each one has like its own individual address. >> all the scorch marks and...
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like there's so many other ways we can protect the environment. this just doesn't seem like a very good one. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. ... ... ... ... >> just a little context for you. despite all the news about airline crashes, flying is still among the safest ways to travel. sitting in the back of the plane increases your chance of survival. the rear is the safest spot according to data on commercial jet crashes. according to statistics your chance of dying in a plain crash in your lifetime are 11 million to one. jon knows i'm a scaredy cat when it comes to flying and sitting in the back of the plane is where you get the most turbulence. just something to consider. >> more stability over the wings. >> when you're picking krur seat. >> yeah. decades long tradition. tradition of fire pits, beach fire pits specifically, could be a thing of the pa
like there's so many other ways we can protect the environment. this just doesn't seem like a very good one. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. ... ... ... ... >> just a little context for you. despite all the news about airline crashes, flying is still among the safest ways to travel. sitting...
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economy, now allows travel for iranian individuals, and it allows a lax oversight environment. i think in those areas, as well as others, there is real room for improvement and room for improvement on the part of not only department of homeland security, but other agencies. the -- because my time is expired, with the elections of the new president and the fact that it is clear iran does have an anchor and latin america through these countries, including venezuela, what is our opportunity to work diplomatically, economically to find some way to compel these countries to do will we want them to do? to tighten or increase the pressure on iran economically? to afford it less avenue to trader bank, to survive the sanctions that we are leading globally? and to meet it threaten that way -- and to meet the threat in that way. have passedow, we stringent sanctions against iran over the course of the last five years. a significant impact on iran's economy. and asking whether we can have the same sanctions applied to the relation with i ran, we have to first understand the nature of the c
economy, now allows travel for iranian individuals, and it allows a lax oversight environment. i think in those areas, as well as others, there is real room for improvement and room for improvement on the part of not only department of homeland security, but other agencies. the -- because my time is expired, with the elections of the new president and the fact that it is clear iran does have an anchor and latin america through these countries, including venezuela, what is our opportunity to...